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Asante Gold Announces High Grade Gold Discovery at Bibiani Mine, Ghana
Vancouver, British Columbia, March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE/ FRANKFURT:1A9/U.S.OTC:ASGOF) (“Asante” or the “Company”) annou
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[{"type":"text","content":" Vancouver, British Columbia, March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE/ FRANKFURT:1A9/U.S.OTC:ASGOF) (“Asante” or the “Company”) announces a high-grade gold discovery in initial drilling at its South Russel prospect. The discovery is located on the Company’s Bibiani mining lease, 3.8 km from the Process Plant. The discovery hole, MGRCD21-047, returned 16m @ 5.75 g/t Au, and was spotted to test anomalous geophysical responses outlined from our ongoing property wide surveys. The gold mineralized system is open in all directions with no previous drilling noted in the area: MGRCD21-047 - 16m @ 5.75 g/t Au from 194m including 7m @ 9.18g/t Au from 197m MGRCD22-048 - 2m @ 2.53 g/t Au from 101m MGRCD22-048 - 4m @ 4.00 g/t Au from 111m MGRCD22-048 - 8m @ 1.80 g/t Au from 121m MGRCD22-048 - 2m @ 1.39 g/t Au from 140m Follow-up drill holes are planned along strike to the north and south of the discovery hole. This target is one of eight high priority geophysical targets that have been outlined to date on the main Bibiani shear corridor and that will be the subject of additional drill testing. Dave Anthony, President and CEO stated, “The assay results announced today at South Russel, as well as the recent resource extension drilling at Walsh, highlight the effectiveness of the 2021 exploration program, including use of IP surveys as a targeting tool in prioritizing drill targets along the Bibiani shear corridor. We are very pleased with the results coming out of our exploration program to date and we look forward to continued success in 2022. We commend our exploration team for their hard work and diligence.” The Process Plant refurbishment is on schedule and on budget. All work activities are proceeding as planned, with currently +1,200 contractors and employees on site. The plant is being upgraded to provide improved performance, relative to the original design, including the purchase and installation of an up-to-date Knelson 6G concentrator and Gekko ILR (intensive leach reactor) and the construction of a sulfide flotation/regrind facility to be delivered by Q4 2022, that is expected to increase gold recovery to 92%. The Bibiani Mine plans its first gold pour in Q3 2022 and to produce approximately 175,000 oz of gold in its first 12 months of operation. Thereafter, plans are to produce 220,000 to 27...